Minecraft<\/p>\n
Minecraft<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve seen worse trailers<\/a> than the spots that have aired for A Minecraft Movie, the live-action hybrid of the famed video game starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa. Now, reviews are in for what looked like a likely disaster of a movie and they are\u2026honestly, better than expected.<\/p>\n No, the Minecraft movie did not reach \u201cfresh\u201d among critics, but it does have a 53%<\/a> score, a coinflip over which critics liked it and which did not. The trailer told me it didn\u2019t look like a movie that would grab above a 20%, but there is reportedly chemistry between Black and Momoa, a great Jennifer Coolidge subplot, and there are enough fun integrations with the game to be enjoyable, bad greenscreens or otherwise.<\/p>\n Minecraft<\/p>\n Rotten Tomatoes<\/p>\n Why do I believe that Minecraft is headed toward a billion dollar haul at the box office despite middling reviews? Two main reasons:<\/p>\n There are just some things that movie critics and snobbier viewers don\u2019t \u201cget,\u201d and much of the time, that has been video game adaptations that are beloved by either core gamers or young audiences that are allowed to be just “okay”.” I\u2019m also reminded of the $291 million that Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s earned on an impossibly small budget. This happens more often than you think, and I think we are definitely on the way to this happening with Minecraft, and of course, that will mean sequels are in tow.<\/p>\n Follow me <\/strong>on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong><\/a> Bluesky <\/strong><\/a>and <\/strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n